"The most pressing environmental problem we face today is not climate change. It is pollution in the public square, where a smog of adversarial rhetoric, propaganda, and polarization stifles discussion and debate, creating resistance to change and thwarting our ability to solve our collective problems."

In the past couple months, I related two separate pieces of news when I viewed them as intercultural cases: "Trump" and "medical-aided-in-dying". The former is about how we will coexist, communicate, and collaborate with respect in this world. The latter is about how we will depart with dignity. Waves after the inauguration indicate a conflict among people in the U.S. Legal and financial restrictions show us a promising but long way to go.